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The Moon on Monday, March 3, 1952: First Quarter, 49% lit

Waxing · 49.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 12°

First Quarter at

13:44UTC

Moon phase on March 3, 1952First Quarter

Monday 3 March 1952398,291 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 3, 1952, the Moon was a First Quarter: 49.4% of its visible face lit, 7.1 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

49.4%Illumination at noon UTC
7.1 dMoon age
398,291 km247,487 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (12°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 3, 1952 is on Tuesday, March 11, 1952 at 18:14 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 25, 1952 at 09:16 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, February 25, 195209:16
First Quarter (this day)Monday, March 3, 195213:44
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, March 11, 195218:14

The Moon around March 3

More about this date

Monday, March 3, 1952 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 25, 1952 to the new moon of March 25, 1952, a cycle of 29.46 days.